SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

bgpd is a routing component that works with the Quagga routing engine.

OPTIONS

Options available for the bgpd command:
-d, --daemon
Runs in daemon mode, forking and exiting from tty.
-f, --config-fileconfig-file
Specifies the config file to use for startup. If not specified
this option will likely default to /usr/local/etc/bgpd.conf.
-g, --groupgroup
Specify the group to run as. Default is quagga.
-h, --help
A brief message.
-i, --pid_filepid-file
When bgpd starts its process identifier is written to pid-file.
The init system uses the recorded PID to stop or restart bgpd.
The likely default is /var/run/bgpd.pid.
-p, --bgp_portbgp-port-number
Set the port that bgpd will listen to for bgp data.
-P, --vty_portport-number
Specify the port that the bgpd VTY will listen on. This defaults
to 2605, as specified in /etc/services.
-A, --vty_addrvty-address
Specify the address that the bgpd VTY will listen on. Default is
all interfaces.
-u, --useruser
Specify the user to run as. Default is quagga.
-r, --retain
When the program terminates, retain routes added by bgpd.
-v, --version
Print the version and exit.

FILES

/usr/local/sbin/bgpd
The default location of the bgpd binary.
/usr/local/etc/bgpd.conf
The default location of the bgpd config file.
$(PWD)/bgpd.log
If the bgpd process is config'd to output logs to a file, then
you will find this file in the directory where you started bgpd.

WARNING

This man page is intended to be a quick reference for command line
options. The definitive document is the Info file Quagga.

DIAGNOSTICS

The bgpd process may log to standard output, to a VTY, to a log file,
or through syslog to the system logs. bgpd supports many debugging
options, see the Info file, or the source for details.